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Hilbay tells gov't: Treat arbitral ruling on West PH Sea as 'trophy'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 11:40 PM

Former Solicitor General and senatorial aspirant Florin Hilbay on Tuesday said the government should "treat as a trophy" the international tribunal ruling recognizing Manila's rights in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

'This is the time to do it,' Hilbay says of 2019 Senate bid

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 09:58 PM

"I think this is the time to do it." Read more »

Opposition is 'alive': VP Robredo launches Senate ticket

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 24 03:59 PM

The Oposisyon Koalisyon is fielding former senator Mar Roxas, election lawyer Romulo Macalintal, Mindanao peace advocate Samira Gutoc, human rights lawyer Jose Manuel Diokno, former congressman Erin Tanada, former solicitor general Florin Hilbay and two incumbents, Sen. Bam Aquino and Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano. Read more »

Hilbay wants to be 'a new voice' for the people in Senate

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 11:26 AM

Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, who will be running under the opposition slate, said he wants to be a new voice for the people in the Senate. Read more »

OPINION: Some good names among senatorial aspirants

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Oct 16 10:31 PM

The 2019 mid-term elections will surely be fun. Read more »

ICC should look into Duterte's EJK sin remark, says Hilbay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 03:19 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's statement that his 'only sin' was extrajudicial killings should be brought to the International Criminal Court, a former solicitor general said Sunday. Read more »

Hilbay on senatorial bid: ‘I’m seriously considering the matter’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 08:37 PM

The former solicitor-general ranked 57-66 in the latest Pulse Asia senatorial survey. Read more »

Palace denies ‘Red October’ ouster plot a diversionary tactic

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 10:58 PM

The government said it is doing all it can to address soaring inflation, amid criticism it was more bent on cracking down on political enemies than solving rising prices of goods. Read more »

Trillanes' camp confident against coup d'etat case

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:57 AM

MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's legal team is confident that they have a good case against the coup d'etat charge being revived by state prosecutors.   Read more »

'Admission of guilt': Hilbay on Duterte's EJK remark

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:17 AM

It is an admission of guilt, according to a former Solicitor General.  Read more »

Callamard: Duterte 'destroying rule of law'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 03:18 AM

MANILA - United Nations special rapporteur Agnes Callamard on Thursday said President Rodrigo Duterte's statement that his "only sin" was "extra-judicial killings" destroyed the rule of law in the Philippines. Read more »

Kris Aquino reveals 'betrayal, financial abuse,' enlists help of Florin Hilbay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 07:38 PM

Kris Aquino has enlisted the help of former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay as she revealed on Tuesday having discovered “financial abuse” and “betrayal” in a number of her business deals. Read more »

Trillanes taps ex-SolGen, former UP law dean, other lawyers for legal team

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 10:11 AM

A former solicitor general, the dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law, and a partner of an established law firm are some of the lawyers tapped to argue against the nullification of an amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, the lawmaker’s office said Thursday.   Read more »

'Unusual' for Calida to dig through Trillanes records, says ex-SolGen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 08:43 AM

MANILA - It was 'strange' and 'unusual' for Solicitor General Jose Calida to dig through Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's amnesty records, his predecessor said Tuesday.  Read more »

Trillanes, De Lima cases 'eerily similar', says ex-SolGen

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 10:29 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte’s surprise proclamation to arrest opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is “eerily similar” to how the president ordered the arrest of his political foe Senator Leila de Lima, a former solicitor general said Friday. Read more »

Hilbay: Government made 'miscalculation' on Trillanes arrest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 10:46 PM

MANILA - Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay on Friday said the Duterte administration may have realized it made a “political miscalculation” with the sudden shift of its position on arresting Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Duterte cannot void amnesty on his own: legal experts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 04:18 PM

MANILA – An amnesty cannot be undone by a unilateral act.  Read more »

De Castro is only transition Chief Justice, ex-Solgen says

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 03:56 AM

Associate Justice Terestita Leonardo-De Castro's appointment to the highest office in the judiciary is not in the best interest of the public, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay said Monday. Read more »

Duterte, dinepensahan ang pagpili kay De Castro bilang chief justice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 08:42 PM

Dumepensa si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nitong Lunes sa pagpili kay Teresita Leonardo-De Castro bilang bagong punong mahistrado ng Korte Suprema. Read more »

'Wala na bang iba?' Poe dismayed at Arroyo's House coup

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 02:59 AM

MANILA - Senator Grace Poe said Monday she was dismayed at the stunning change in House leadership, which saw Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo elected as its new speaker. Read more »